FASHION AND STYLE ARE MY LIFE: SONAM KAPOOR

In film industry acting abilities and beauty is the real combination to make your name famous, and If you are pretty aware from fashion and style so that would be perfect for one. Sonam Kapoor is known in the list of those actresses who are pretty aware of fashion and style as well as acting. She has won the title of "Fashion Queen" in Bollywood. Since then she stepped in the film industry she has been wowing people through her fashion and styles. There is a reason behind it that her mother Sunita Kapoor has been a fashion designer herself. Though Sonam learned it all from her mother and now she knows not only Eastern style but she also
knows how to fashion in Western style. Sonam has revealed about her fashion and style in her recent interview which is described below:

Which thing impresses you most about fashion?

Dress doesn't adapt you, but you've to adopt it yourself. So you should wear those dresses which make you feel comfortable and happy. I'm so impressed with Madhubala, Meena Kumari and Katharine Hepburn dresses. Whereas there are several dresses from the movies which impress me a lot. But if we talk about acting so I choose my dresses on the basis of my character demands.

Why did you win the title of "Fashion Queen"?

When I came in film industry so I wouldn't want to wear big saris and typical dresses because it wasn't my
style of dresses. Like people who know how to appreciate arts, the same case with me here i know how to appreciate dresses and style. Though when I chose my different style of dress so other people had a new thought from me. Actually, when you do things by your own style so people like it and start to follow it because it's different from others. That's the reason people like what i wear.

Do you take help from the International fashion magazines for this?

I often take the online fashion surveys and get updated from every tiny thing attach with fashion. I mostly like the fashion style from 1950's to 1980's. Actually, I'm the fan of classic fashion, but it's not like that I don't like today's fashion. I like every style which attaches from some history. I'm a smart girl and when I wear shoulder pads blouse and long skirt so I feel myself of a 1980's heroin. Now a days I'm enjoying wearing top and high vest pants which were pretty famous in 1980.

Do you not like Indian designer?

There is a problem with many fashion designer of Indian that they don't follow their own tradition and style like Lucknow, Hyderabadi, Kashmiri, but they are pretty impresses with Western fashion. Few days ago when I went to Banaras for my film 'Ranjhana' shooting so there I bought loads of beautiful Banarsi saris. Indian tradition is our most important asset. That's the reason I like those designers who follow their own country tradition and fashion. I don't order them to not design Western dresses, but I want them to put some Eastern colors in it. Just like Indian designer Anamika designed me a beautiful dress from a Banarsi sari. The reality is Western culture is impressed from us, but unfortunately we shy to follow our own tradition and
culture. I've attended a wonderful foreign channel show which was organized on the interests of Mumbai and Jaipur's culture. The dresses which were presented for the exhibition were full of beautiful work. So when they can adapt you culture and tradition so beautifully so why can't us? Anamika is the only designer whose work reflects the Hyderabadi culture through her dresses she designs, but she sews it by putting Western fashion in front of her.

So do people like these kind of dresses?

Yes! absolutely. Indian robes only suit on Indian women. I think people don't like gowns and skin tight dresses as compared to Indian dresses. Yes, if a girl is tall and smart like Deepika, Anushka or me so that looks good on her.

As a country, how much stylish Indian is?

I went to my sister Rhea's house recently in JaiPur. There we saw many labors wearing dhoti and kurta. They were also wearing Rajhastani jewelry, but they were looking good and fashionable. Dresses like these are also shown in our films and people also like them so why don't we stop following Western fashion? Whereas we can find ourselves pretty fashionable in our own dresses. Actresses like Rani Mukherjee in 'Bunti Or Babli' and Kareena Kapoor in 'Jab We Met' wore Indian dresses and they looked beautiful. I myself wore flower full shalwar kameez and dhoti in my film 'Delhi 6', people liked it a lot. If you go to old Delhi or Jawaharlal Nehru university so you will find boys and girls in good dresses, but those dresses are not exprensive dresses, but they are bought from ordinary shops. If you go to Linking road in Mumbai so you'll see girls wearing shorts with Kulhapuri chappal. I like their style very much.

It is said that you can adapt yourself in much unique style when it comes to photo shoots?

People always tell me that I look much different and unique in my photo shoots, and I tell them that 'This is

acting'. I'm busy in performing my character that time. Many years ago, I did a shoot for a famous yearly filmi magazine. I adapted the style of Wahida Rehman, Meena Kumari and Nutan in that shoot. Though i wasn't Sonam Kapoor that time, but I was an actress who were adapting herself in different characters. As an actress doing remarkable acting in my photo shoots is my first priority, and that's the reason my photos look beautiful in every photo shoot.

Have you ever found your dress and hairstyle worse after wearing it all up?

The most interesting thing is when you're happy from inside so you can't hate any dress and hairstyle on yourself. Though if you happy with yourself so any hairstyle and dress can look beautiful on you.

Which dress looks beautiful on you from your wardrobe's collection?

There isn't a dress, but there are loads of dresses. I've many lengthy maxi frocks. Whenever I feel myself fatty so i wear one of them and I start to feel good then.

Your most favorite dress?

I love saris the most. I feel that I look very pretty wearing them.

Would you like to launch your fashion brand?

We're discussing about it. However, i'm not concentrating on this because of my busy schedule, and my sister Rhea is also busy in three films productions, but many people are forcing us to launch our own fashion brand. Though we'll start work on that in the mean time. It's my biggest wish to do this work with films.

What changes have you found in your style in the last past five years?

When I stepped in the film industry so I used to wear Indian dresses mostly. I was nervous like everyone
else so I used to wear comfortable dresses. During the premiere of my first film 'Sanwariya', I wore many Indian dresses to feel myself comfortable. I also had many experience during the film 'Delhi 6'. Though I like to wear mix and match  now. I advice girls to wear every dress, but you should first know how to wear it correctly.

Which kinds of shoes you'll recommend to new generation girls to wear?

If your height is small so you should wear high heels and if you're tall so you can wear flat shoes and you can even wear sandals. Indian girls usually have average height so they should use average heel shoes and sandals, and they should also keep two or three light colors sandals with black black shoes with themselves.

How do you feel when someone criticizes on your dress?

I always try to keep my behaviour calm. If someone criticizes on my dress so I don't pay attention to it because if i like my dress so why would I offend badly? I also try to keep my behaviour calm in my other matters of life.